Thread cutter and holder



L. ALEXANDRE.

THREAD CUTTER AND HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 15. I919.

1,367,791. Patented Feb. 8,1921.

im m If IIIIIIIII/I/I/III/l I/II/II/I/l 'I/I/Ill/IlI/IIIII/I UNITEDSTATES LILY ALEXANDRE, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

THREAD CUTTER AND HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 8, 1921.

Application filed November 15, 1919. Serial No. 338,983.

To all QUZZOHL it may concern Be it known that I, LILY ALEXANDRE, acitizen of the Republic of Mexico, residing in the city and county ofSan Francisco and State of California, have invented a certain new anduseful Improvement in Thread Cutters and Holders, of which the followingis a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in thread cutters and holderswherein a cutting blade is held transversely and adjacent to convergingspaces between resilient members.

The primary object of the present invention is to provide a newandimproved device adapted for use in connection with a sewing machineor the like wherein the threads extending between the material sewed andthe needle and bobbin of the machine may be quickly and easily severedand those portions of the threads extending from the bobbin and needle'held away from the work temporarily until the sewing machine is againoperated, when such operation will automatically remove the ends of saidthreads from the holder. 2

A further object of the invention is to provide a new and improveddevice of the character described having means whereby the holdingportion of the device may be adjusted to receive threads of differentthick nesses.

Other objects will hereinafter more fully appear.

I accomplish these several objects by means of the improved devicedisclosed in the drawings forming a part of the present specificationwherein like characters of ref erence are used to designate similarparts throughout the said specification and drawings, and in which:

Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved device;

Fig. 2 is an elevation of Fig. 1 partly in section, and

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view of the device disclosing themanner in which threads are simultaneously out and held.

Referring to the drawings the numeral 1 is used to designate apreferably rectangular receptacle provided with laterally projectingflanges 2 having screw holes 3 therein by means of which the receptacle1 may be secured to the plane surface of a sewing machine table or thelike and adjacent to the needle and presser foot thereof and awav fromthe path 01 the material being sewed.

Within one end of the receptacle 1 I have provided a plurality ofresilient members 4 havlng their upper ends rounded or convexed toprovide converging spaces 5 between the upper ends of said members 4,the purpose of which will hereinafter be more fully set forth.

Between the members l and the wall of the receptacle 1, and arrangedtransverselv to the spaces 5 is a cutting blade 6 with its cutting edgeuppermost and arranged approximately at the convergence of the spaces 5.N

A rod 7, having an annular flange or foot rotatably mounted thereon toengage the outermost member L, is screw threaded through one end of thereceptacle 1 as at 9 and provided at its outer end with a knurled nut 10or the like by means of which the rod 7 may be rotated to move said rodlongitudinally and thereby provide various degrees of compressionbetween the members -'.l-.

In operation the device is mounted or otherwise suitably secured to theplane surface of a sewing machine table or the like and adjacent thesewing needle and presscr foot of the machine, not shown, but spacedapart from the path of material being sewed.

After the operation of sewing the material is moved away from the needleleaving two threads 12, one extending through the table top into theshuttle or bobbin, not shown, and the other to the sewing needle of themachine.

These two threads 12 are merely forced into one of the converging spaces5 and between any two adjacent members 4, the cutter 6 being positionedto sever the threads 12 after said threads have been depressed be tweensaid members 1, with the sewed material on the cutter side of thedevice.

This will sever those portions of the threads attached to the materialsewed and leave the ends of the threads 12 extending to the needle andbobbin tightly compressed between the members 4.

lVhen the sewing operation of the machine is renewed such operation willpull the threads 12 from between said member 4:.

In this manner the loose ends of the threads 12 extending from thesewing needle and bobbin will be effectively retained and therebyprevent tangling as when said come dull through usage. It is alsoevident that the rods 7 may be utilized to detachably retain the membersa in position as well as imparting various degrees of compression to isaid members to accommodate threads of various sizes.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is: V

1. A thread cutter and holder comprising a plurality of resilientmembers having convex ends and arranged adjacent each other to provideconverging spaces; a cutting element arranged adjacent and transverselyto the convergence of said spaces to cut a thread depressed through saidspaces and between said members; and a receptacle adapted for engagementwith a plane surface and to hold the resilient members and cuttingelement in operative position.

2. A thread cutter and holder comprising a plurality of resilientmembers having convex ends and arranged adjacent each other to provideconverging spaces; a cutting element arranged adjacent and transverselyto the convergence of said spaces to cut athread depressed through saidspaces and between said members; and a receptacle adapted to hold theresilient members and cutting element in operative position and likewisehaving laterally extending apertured flanges by means of which saidreceptacle may be secured against movement.

3. A thread cutter and holder comprising a receptacle having means forsecuring the same against movement; a plurality of resilient membersmounted within the receptacle and having convexed ends to formconverging spaces between said members at the upper ends thereof; acutting blade arranged transversely between the resilient members andthe receptacle and adjacent and transversely to said members whereby athread. or the like pressed between any two of said members will besevered by said blade; and means for compressing the resilient memberstogether with various degrees of compression whereby threads of varioussizes may be cut and held.

a. A thread cutter and holder comprising a receptacle having means forsecuring the same against movement; a plurality of re silient membersmounted within the receptacle and having convened ends to formconverging spaces between said members at the upper ends thereof; acutting blade arranged transversely between the resilient members andthe receptacle and adjacent and transversely to said members whereby athread or the like pressed between any two of said members will besevered by said blade; and a rod screw threaded through one end of thereceptacle and -impinging upon one of the resilient members and adaptedto impart various degrees of compression between said members.

In witness whereof I hereunto set my signature.

LILY ALEXANDER.

